The BEST episodes of Extreme Engineering season 8
Every episode of Extreme Engineering season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Extreme Engineering season 8!
Each episode of Extreme Engineering discussed some major construction project, some of them are projects that have already been completed like Hong Kong's airport. Others talked abount projects that are currently under construction like Tuneling Under the Alps. And some episodes talked about more futuristic projects that may never be done like the Transatlantic Tunnel. Most episodes finished by examining some sort of disaster scenario which could threaten or ruin the project that was being examined.
#1 - Singapore Sky Park
Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2010
Singapore's Skypark will hang 650 feet in the air on top of 3 skyscrapers.
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#2 - Kuwait Tower
Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/2010
The world's tallest twisting structure, Kuwait's Al Hamra Tower, is looked at.
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#3 - New Orleans Surge Barrier
Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2010
In an attempt to save the city from another disaster, New Orleans is building the world's strongest hurricane protection system, including the largest storm surge barrier ever built and radical hurricane resistant homes.
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#4 - South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/13/2010
Travel to the deepest place on Earth, Johannesburg, South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine.
#5 - Gotthard Base Tunnel
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/30/2010
The Swiss government is spending 18 billion dollars to create the Gotthard Base Tunnel - the longest tunnel in the world, getting people and goods through the Alps up to 3 times faster and ultimately changing European transit forever.
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#6 - Abu Dhabi Central Market
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/17/2010
Abu Dhabi's $15 billion Central Market will be a new cultural hub for an emerging world destination, complete with offices, parks, luxurious shops, and hotels - and all centered around the world's tallest residential tower, over 1250 feet high.
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#7 - Port of Rotterdam
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/1/2010
Danny Forster goes behind the scenes at the Port of Rotterdam, where crews are in the middle of the largest Earth-moving project in history - all to triple the port's capacity, and help it serve the biggest ships on the planet.
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#8 - Rio De Janeiro's Power Island Project
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2010
Rio de Janeiro has frequent widespread blackouts. So Brazil is building one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world, consisting of two hydroelectric dam's (Anta and Simplício).
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#9 - Overhauling the Bay Bridge
Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/20/2010
Overhauling the San Francisco Bay Bridge is the biggest construction projects in the US.
#10 - Melbourne Stadium
Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/27/2010
Melbourne, Australia is building one of the most innovative stadiums ever built. With its unprecedented geodesic roof and advanced cladding, it will be the ultimate fan experience, and an icon for a city known as the sporting capital of the world.
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